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Patent No.:

US 9493062 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 03, 2012

Vehicle drive device

Applicants:

Koichi Okuda, Okazaki, JP;

Makoto Funahashi, Gotenba, JP;

Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki, JP;

Keita Imai, Toyota, JP;

Sho Mizushino, Chiryu, JP;

Inventors:

Koichi Okuda, Okazaki, JP;

Makoto Funahashi, Gotenba, JP;

Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki, JP;

Keita Imai, Toyota, JP;

Sho Mizushino, Chiryu, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-Shi, JP;

Attorney:

Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP

Primary Examiner:

Tisha Lewis

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 3/72 (2006.01); F16H 37/06 (2006.01); B60K 6/365 (2007.10); B60K 6/40 (2007.10); B60K 6/445 (2007.10); B60K 6/547 (2007.10); B60K 6/448 (2007.10); F16H 3/66 (2006.01); F16H 48/10 (2012.01); F16H 3/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/365 (2013.01); B60K 6/40 (2013.01); B60K 6/445 (2013.01); B60K 6/448 (2013.01); B60K 6/547 (2013.01); F16H 3/66 (2013.01); F16H 48/10 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/426 (2013.01); F16H 2003/445 (2013.01); F16H 2200/0021 (2013.01); F16H 2200/0043 (2013.01); F16H 2200/0082 (2013.01); F16H 2200/201 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6239 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6243 (2013.01); Y10S 903/911 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle drive device comprising: an engine, a first electric motor, and a second electric motor disposed on a first axis; a first axis output portion outputting power of the first axis; a second axis input portion that is an input portion of a second axis to which power from the first axis output portion is input, the second axis being parallel to the first axis; a second axis output portion outputting power of the second axis; a transmission changing speed between the second axis input portion and the second axis output portion, the transmission being disposed on the second axis; and a third axis input portion that is an input portion of a third axis to which power from the second axis output portion is input, the third axis being parallel to the first axis, the first axis output portion, the second axis input portion, the second axis output portion, and the third axis input portion all being disposed between the first electric motor and the second electric motor in a direction of the first axis, the transmission including at least a first planetary gear device and a second planetary gear device, the second axis input portion and the second axis output portion being disposed between the first planetary gear device and the second planetary gear device in a direction of the second axis.

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